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  • 'Massive' Ulster test for Evans and co

    HI all, hope you’ve had a good week. It was half term last week so hopefully you managed to keep the little ones out of mischief! It was good to be back at the Scarlets last week and get some rugby under my belt after travelling to Scotland with Wales

  • Quay Street take away application deferred again

    A LICENCE application for a Quay Street takeaway to stay open until 4.30am on weekends and Wednesdays has been deferred yet again.Pembrokeshire County Council's licensing sub-committee was due to discuss the controversial application on Thursday, February

  • Strange happenings on Pembrokeshire road

    THE Paranormal Chronicles has received three reports this month from motorists claiming to have seen a ghost running across a well used road.The A4076 that connects Milford Haven to Haverfordwest has been a hive of strange encounters, and now contends

  • Provisional thumbs-up for £1.5m sports and community centre

    AMBITIOUS plans that could see Neyland Town Council sell its current office and invest in a £1.5million development of the town’s athletic club have been agreed to in principal.At a special meeting on Thursday (February 19), project leader Cllr Paul Miller

  • Dorothy's to open as late night eatery

    A cafe on Haverfordwest’s Castle Square will be able to open until 4am, after an extension to its opening hours was granted by Pembrokeshire County Council’s licensing sub-committee. Dorothy’s Salad and Sandwich Bar, located at 2 Castle Square,

  • Councillors assured of no return to Chequers' "dark days"

    Worried Penally residents were assured there will be no return to the "dark old days of Chequers" at last Thursday's meeting of the county council's licensing sub-committee.Nicola Jayne Berry, who currently lives on the Isle of Wight, has applied

  • Milford's Astoria to open until 3.30 at weekends

    A Milford Haven venue will now be open until 3.30am on Saturday and Sunday, despite objections from a neighbouring business.Jayne Anderson and Sarah Kimpson applied to Pembrokeshire County Council's licensing sub-committee to extend the opening hours

  • Wolfscastle drugs 'Mr Big' starts prison sentence

    A FORMER Wolfscastle man who led a conspiracy to run cocaine and cannabis into Pembrokeshire has been jailed today for two years and eight months. Michael Broome, aged 30, arranged for cannabis to be delivered for more than a year. And when

  • James revs to third in British quad event

    JAMES Bevan has done brilliantly to finish third in the Quad British ACU Rookie/Clubman MX Class on his 450cc KTM quad.The 15-year-old, from Haverfordwest, attends Sir Thomas Picton, competed in rounds of the MCF Pro Nationals event in Weston, where he

  • New ministers praise 'special' community

    DALE vicarage has opened its doors to two new ministers – husband and wife team Father Andrew and Rev Rhiannon Johnson.After 15 years in the parish of Walton West, Fr Johnson is now responsible for churches in Dale, Marloes, St Brides and St Ishmaels,

  • Cheque in memory of rugby legend Ray

    A CHEQUE for £511 has been presented to the Pembrokeshire Friends of Prostate Cymru, in memory of a legendary Welsh rugby coach.Ray Williams OBE made a name for himself by revolutionising the way rugby football was played throughout the world.He went

  • Send your St David's Day news and pictures

    Are you dressing up to mark St David's Day? Is your school, nursery, community group or workplace donning the traditional Welsh costumes or red clothes to mark March 1st? If so, send your photographs to the Western Telegraph and we'll include

  • Captain Brian gets his running shoes on

    A PATIENT at St Davids Surgery has run the Cardiff half marathon to raise funds for new equipment.Captain Brian Thomas of Croesgoch got his running shoes on to help fund the purchase of medical equipment, including blood pressure monitors.Brian, who was

  • Wolfscastle's cannabis "Mr Big" due to be sentenced

    A Wolfscastle man who admitted being a ‘Mr Big’ in a large-scale cannabis operation is due to be sentenced today (Thursday). Michael Broome, aged 30, also admitted preparing to deal in cocaine at a previous hearing at Swansea Crown Court. Broome

  • Report highlights concerns over ‘late night food outlet’

    A previously deferred application for a late night licence at a Quay Street takeaway is due to be discussed this morning, Thursday. An application for the former Chicken Pizza Express takeaway to stay open until 4.30am on weekends and Wednesdays

  • Fundraiser takes on 6,500 mile journey for RNLI

    A FUNDRAISER who is doing a non-stop walk around the coast of Great Britain has received a warm welcome in Pembrokeshire.Alex Ellis-Roswell, 21, set off from Margate in Kent on August 3 and has challenged himself to walk 6,500 miles over two years to

  • Niamh is following in family weight-lifting tradition

    This week Bill Carne was back at the SAW gymnasium in Haverfordwest to chat to another of the growing list of Welsh Schools’ weight-lifting champions in Niamh Roach, who is just 15 years of age but showing a maturity in the sport that goes beyond her

  • AM admires village's heritage plans

    PLANS to save Llangwm’s medieval church and uncover the village’s Flemish roots have been backed by Preseli Pembrokeshire AM Paul Davies.Mr Davies, who was shown around the church by Heritage Llangwm chair Pam Hunt, described his visit as “truly thought

  • Castle Square application could cause "mayhem"

    There are concerns from a rival business that if a Castle Square food premises was to be granted a late night licence the area could create “mayhem again”. The owner of Dorothy’s at 2 Castle Square has applied for a licence to allow late night

  • Future of former night club up for debate

    After the applicant failed to turn up at the last meeting to decide its future, there is another chance to discuss the reopening of the former Chequers nightclub this morning (Thursday). In January, Pembrokeshire County Council’s Licensing Sub-Committee

  • Draws for 2015 Pembrokeshire cricket cups

    HARRISON ALLEN BOWL ROUND ONE (TIES THE WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, MAY 11). Cresselly v Hundleton. Pembroke Dock v St Ishmaels. Lamphey v Kilgetty. Hook v Neyland. Narberth v Haverfordwest. Pembroke v Saundersfoot. Johnston v Herbrandston. Byes: